Qualitative Research as Stepwise-Deductive Induction by Aksel Tjora

Author:Aksel Tjora [Tjora, Aksel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781138304499
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2018-08-14T00:00:00+00:00

However, the range of observation modes shows that this openness to what cannot a priori be codified results in the basic tension underlying in situ studies. According to Baszanger and Dodier, the flexibility required by this openness

conflicts with the need to maintain at least a minimum of method in the conduct of the study, that is, a certain guide for the behaviour both of the fieldworker and the people observed, depending on the plan of the study. (Baszanger and Dodier 1997:9)

Consequently, we need to accept that there is no quick fix for generating productive (i.e. analysable) ethnographic data, but adopt the challenge of ethnographic scholarship, in which field notes deserve the same self-scrutiny that other prose is routinely subjected to (Wolfinger 2002:93). By studying field notes taken by various observers, one may identify variations provided by the researcher’s openness. Fresh observers are capable of grasping situations quickly, and, as mentioned by Berg (1998:146), they are frequently quite amazed to learn just how much material they can recall even without any specific training. Nevertheless, fresh observers, compared to more experienced ones, conceptualize and take notes very differently. The act of observing may be intuitive, but taking field notes that are usable for social research requires methodological training and reflection.

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